Improved animal-tether



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innunli In lui Y J. W. UPSON. Animal Tet-her.

Patented June 121V. 1870 Il 6 ,6 0 1 uw N desired and of 'any considerable size.

PATENTV FFIGEO.

JAMES w.fUrsoN,`or TALLMADGE, omo.

I j' V iMPRovD ANIMAL-TENER.

i Specication-iorminrg-part ofLettersPatent 1011.667, dated June` 21, 187i).

To all uilimnit may concern.- y t Beit knownA that I,.JAMES W. UPsoN, of

` Tallmadge, in the county-ofSummit and iState of Ohio, haveiinvented a certain new andimproved.AnimalTetherglandI do'thereby de-V tether;` Fig. 3,a top view of the tether; Fig..V

4, a-view ,offtheunder side; Fig. 5, a side view l of therinside.; Fig. 6,1avertical transverse sec- Wton.

Like letters to in the several views. w t

The nature this inventionfrelates to a f movable tether, provided `with an adj ustablev counterbalancedsweep,to which the animal is secured while feeding, and in such a way that it cannotbecome entangled in the tether by getting its feet caught therein', or by twisting it aboutthehead orneck. (The tether 4is also so constructed thatit "may be movedfrom place to place on rollers, arranged and operated as herein morefully described.

In Fig. 1, Arepresents an octagonalsided case, a topview of` which is shown in Fig. 3, which, however, maybe of any other shape On each of two opposite sides within said case is a wheel or roller, B, secured in place and adjusted therein by aright-angled stay, C, Fig. `5,in` which it is journaled. Said stay is pivotedto the sidelof fthe case at the point a, and is` made to vibrate therein by a lever or bar, D, secured to the free or upper limb of i the stay by means of la sleeve, in which the lever isinserted and made to slide, as and for a purpose hereinafter shown. In the center of the top of the case is cut a hole, in which is pivoted a ring or zone, F, at each end of its diameter, and thereby'allowedto vibrate in said hole.- p Within said ring is pivoted a ball,

F, inlike manneras the ring, and in which it w vibrates transversely to that of the ring. By thismeans is obtained to the ball a rolling,

vibrating-like movement in all directions, the purpose of which "will presently be shown.

At the ylower pole of the ball is attached a nientparonndthe axisoflits length. ,As above said, this apparatusi for the pur-` pose of a tether, whereby a horse or other.y

animal -is `restrained from wandering` while Y temporarily feeding, The animal,which, in

the present instance, is a horse, and represented y 'y jin Fig.l,is tiedto the extremelendlof the sweep bya tether, J, fastened thereto yin, a

swiveled ring, K. The tether.' lies upon the.

.1 ground, as shown in Fig. 2, whilethe horse is,A .,f'eeding, as indicatedy by the fof the head in Fig.` 1. 1 .y K p A p that whilehthe animals `head isdown, in the v`act of feeding, it draws 1 upon the tether more or less, as thedistance w `thatthe creature may bei'rom the tether,wh ich f will be at .all times drawn tautor ,sof much so ,l as to prevent it from hanging loosely from the `end of the sweep, which, by virtneofA thel ciastic characterof said sweep and l the counter-Y. balance, it will at all times be inclined to a It `will be obvious vertical position, as shown in Figs. l and 2, thereby keeping the tether slightly strained and straight, but not to a degree of tightness to inconvenience the horse while feeding. By this means the tether is above and out of the way of the animals feet; hence they cannot become entangled therein, which they would be liable to become if the tether hung low and loosely about the animals limbs.

For further protection against the dangerV of entanglement of the horse in the tether, the sweep is largely curved, so that the animal, on

moving backward, will pass' under the sweep,

as shown in Fig. 2, it being sufficiently high to admit of all freedom of movement to the animal without his coming in contact therewith to the extent of embarrassinghis movements or to cause alarm.

It will be observed that the tether is not secured to the horseat or near the mouth by means of a halter, A', and ring, in the ordinary way, but is attached thereto by means of a rod,

L, Fig. 1, the lower end-of which is secured to the nose-band of the halter, whereas the upper end is secured to a bow, c, attached to the forehead-band, which allows to the tether a latdotted outlinesl b A.

The purpose of this arrangement is to allow the end of the tether attached to the horse to slide upward from the mouth so as to be more out of the way of the animals feet while-his head is down. as shown in Fig. l; and, by means of the bow attached to the foreheadband, the tether will slip to either side of the forehead, as the direction of the draft may be.

' vBy this device, together with the curved coun-v terbalanced sweepabove described, the tether ispat all times held taut and away from the feet of the animal while feeding; hence there isno liability of his becoming entangled and cast by the tether.

A It will be obvious that an animal tethered in themanner as above described can feed with complete freedom all around the tether, and tothe extent of the length of the tether, as the sweep, by its several and ready move-V ments, adapts itself to the various attitudes and places that the animal may take, without the least restraint in the freedom of' itsfmovements, while feedingor not.

The tether may be moved from place to place, as the condition of the grass may require, by

raising it from the ground by means of therollers and lever referred to, thus: 0n opening the cover M, Figxv, access is had to the lever D, which, when the tether is down, lies therein,

as shown in Figs. Sand 4. e

Now, on drawing the lever out, as indicated by the dotted lines d, and then lifting it upvstay, lever, 85e.

ward, the stay O will be changed lfrom that indicated by the dotted lines e, Fig. 2, to that shown in Fig. 5, in which it will be seen that the wheels are on the ground and the tet-her elevated upon them by means of the stay, which is secured in this position by a pawl, N, attached to the side of the case, and made to engagea pin, t, projecting from the side of the stay.

The tether, thus elevated upon the rollers or wheels, can now be rolled from place to place by the handle 0,'Fig. 3, which may be drawn out from its grooves across the top of the tether, as indicated by the dotted lines r, and again lowered,` when necessary, -to the ground by reversing the movements of the A tether thus constructed is of easy man- 'l ageme nt, convenient, and at all times reliable in securing the animal that may be .tethered thereto,fand when notin rimmediate use can be rolled to some place for "storage, or to be out of the way.

What I claim as my invention, and desire l. The stay C, wheel B, lever JD, rand. pawl N, as arranged in combination with the case A, in the manner-'as and for the purpose set forth. v

2. The swivel and pointed sweep H,pivoted ball F, and pivoted ring E, in combination 

